Alpine Miniatures - 28th Jäger Division, East Prussia, 1945

I am very privileged to close the year 2020 by painting the box art of this 1/16 scale upcoming release from Alpine Miniatures sculpted by the acclaimed artist John Rosengrant. It has been a while since I painted a sculpture from John Rosengrant and this has been an absolutely delightful experience. Despite a couple of false starts for the Sumpfmunster 44 pattern, I managed to gradually get  the gist of recreating this elusive camouflage pattern using Vallejo acrylics. Evidently the trick is to meticulously stipple the hard edges of the shapes with very thin paint to achieve the diffused look - trademark to this pattern. 

Posing another challenge to this assignment are the markings on the Panzerfaust. My solution was to create my own decals on Photoshop and printing them from my trusty Canon Selphy photo/postcard printer.  Do check out this link for a full run down on my process of creating your very own DIY decals. 

Well, that is all for the year 2020. Despite the pandemic situation with all major scale modelling events called off, it was still a bountiful year with a couple of shelve queens cleared off. Here's looking forward to a better year ahead for everyone.

Cheers,

Calvin